Photokina Report

September 28th, 2008 - 12:36:45 PM:

This is my report from Photokina 2008.

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A700 Firmware v4 released (updated)

September 16th, 2008 - 09:28:54 AM:

Firmware v4 for the Sony α700 has turned up on Sony Japan's support site.

Flash Compendium updated

September 10th, 2008 - 07:47:58 PM:

I have updated the Flash Compendium to include the new features of the HVL-F58AM flash and the α900. Some details are still not quite clear, so please consider this a preliminary update.

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Photokina 2008 preview

September 10th, 2008 - 09:39:23 AM:

On tuesday September 23rd Photokina will open its gates to visitors. Photokina, if you don't know it already, is the largest trade fair of the photographic industry in the world and takes place every two years in Cologne, Germany. The large photography brands take the opportunity to introduce their latest products there.

16-35/2.8 ZA SSM and 70-400/4-5.6 G SSM official

September 9th, 2008 - 09:49:29 PM:

Together with the α900 Sony has also officially announced two lenses, the Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35/2.8 ZA SSM and the Sony 70-400/4-5.6 G SSM.

A900 officially announced

September 9th, 2008 - 04:06:02 PM:

Finally, Sony has presented their long-awaited Flagship DSLR, and it is indeed named α900.

There are basically two kinds of technology companies

September 7th, 2008 - 12:10:05 PM:

Very often Sony is criticized for using technology that is sometimes different from what the competition uses. In discussions like these, it doesn't take long before Sony is pictured as an evil empire. This is my take on this.

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The Sony Alpha 70-400/4-5.6 G SSM is now official, sort of

September 5th, 2008 - 11:53:05 PM:

The user manual for the Sony Alpha 70-400/4-5.6 G SSM has leaked out of Sony.

No DSLR news on IFA 2008

August 28th, 2008 - 02:49:06 PM:

As already expected Sony obviously introduces no new DSLR products on IFA 2008.

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New formulas

August 27th, 2008 - 09:45:22 PM:

Three new formulas were added to the optical formulas page.

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